Candlemass Plan Final Album

According to Blabbermouth.net, legendary Swedish doomsters Candlemass have inked a deal with Napalm Records. The band is currently working on material for its farewell album, which is tentatively scheduled for a spring 2012 release.

Commented Candlemass in a statement: "Now it is official, Swedish doom 'meisters' CANDLEMASS have signed with Austrian Napalm Records for their 11th and last studio album. The band is very happy and excited about this and are looking forward to work with such a great and growing label as Napalm, home of cool bands like Monster Magnet, Karma To Burn and Isole."

Candlemass celebrated its 25-year anniversary by performing an extra-long, two-and-a-half-hour set at Debaser Medis in Stockholm on December 18, 2010. The band's classic debut album, "Epicus Doomicus Metalicus", was played in its entirety for the first time with the original singer Johan Längqvist.

Candlemass released a new DVD, "Ashes To Ashes - Live", in North America on June 29, 2010 via Nuclear Blast Records (April 23, 2010 in Europe). The set contains footage of the band's performance at last year's Sweden Rock Festival in front of 30,000 people as well as Candlemass' entire October 2009 concert in Athens, Greece. It also includes a 30-minute interview and two photo galleries. The DVD was released as a CD+DVD, with the Sweden Rock show as the audio CD.

"Death Magic Doom", the latest album from Candlemass, debuted at No. 79 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

Comments

[DaniArrow]

I like them, good Doom Band. Sad they're doing their final one.

[djae_punk1]

Really bummed that they're calling it a day, I'm a huge fan and this guys have played a big role in influencing me musically.

One of the greatest doom metal bands I have ever had the chance of listening to.

[Mobby32]

This album is going to rock

[SuicidalFreak]

It sucks that they're breaking up after this.

[Pagan_Poetry]

The end of Candlemass? 2012?
It looks like we really ARE doomed

[krvolok]

Sad news...However,they leave behind them eleven(with the one coming)great albums.In the end could you ask for more?

[robertito696]

Like with Isis, I'm bummed they're calling it quits, but at least they're actively deciding to call it a day, and not disbanding as a result of animosity. They're leaving us with quite the discography too, which is always better than watching a great band release increasingly worse efforts before giving up.

[supreme_creator]

This is a good chance to let you people now that just recently I made a collaboration-cover to a Candlemass song called Bewitched. It's full instrumental with female vocals, i hope you like it x)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7LibFmJOd4

[Enix165]

D= That sucks, Candlemass is one of my favorite bands. I hope they get Johan Langquist or Thomas Vikstrom to do some vocals on the new album though(one or two songs guesting, maybe), I like Solitude Aeternus but Robert Lowe in Candlemass just sounds a little odd to me.

[EpiExplorer]

UG is sloooow, this was news a month ago.

BUT, still a shame, who can forget Epicus Doomicus..

[Burgery]

****.

[MegaSteelMaiden]

I'm filled with sorrow...this better be a great album Candlemass!

[gl.tch]

Pagan_Poetry wrote:

The end of Candlemass? 2012?
It looks like we really ARE doomed

I see what you did there, and I approve.

[Andragon]

I will never forget the first time I heard Epicus. Life-changing in terms of music.

[dial-a-death]

Epicus Doomicus in its entirety? They finally played Black Stone Wielder live? Wish I was there.